Based on the preliminary results of the Aug. 24 primary election, the Arizona House of Representatives isn’t shaping up to be much changed from the past two years. There will be new faces, but philosophically, the chamber’s motto might be, “More of the same.”

The race to win the Republican nomination for an eastern Arizona Senate seat has turned an already-icy relationship between legislators into a super-heated contest, with both sides accusing each other of distortion and misrepresentation.

Rep. John McComish is on the short list of incumbents who won’t face an election challenge this year. McComish has neither a primary nor a general election opponent, which means he’ll join the Senate next year without having to go through the wringer.